Legal Opinion

People v. Crawford

Michigan Court of Appeals

Decided February 16, 1999No. Docket 200722PublishedCited by 33 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtGage, J.

Defendant appeals as of right a sentence of fifteen to thirty years’ imprisonment imposed after a jury found him guilty of solicitation of murder, MCL 750.157b; MSA 28.354(2), and after he pleaded guilty of being a fourth-offense habitual offender, MCL 769.12; MSA 28.1084. We affirm.

In June 1995, defendant was confined to the Oakland County Jail awaiting trial on embezzlement charges. Ameer Ross, another Oakland County Jail inmate, testified at trial that defendant approached him and asked if he knew someone who could kill a witness in his upcoming trial on embezzlement charges. Ross…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. People v. MilbournMichigan Supreme Court · 1990
  2. People v. PickensMichigan Supreme Court · 1994
  3. People v. StanawayMichigan Supreme Court · 1994
  4. People v. LemonsMichigan Supreme Court · 1997
  5. People v. WebbMichigan Supreme Court · 1998

13 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.

3Cited by33 opinions

  1. People v. CarterMichigan Supreme Court · 2000
  2. People v. KnappMichigan Court of Appeals · 2001
  3. People v. FydaMichigan Court of Appeals · 2010
  4. People v. GuajardoMichigan Court of Appeals · 2013
  5. People v. LownMichigan Supreme Court · 2011

28 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.

Showing a preview — retrieve the full document via the Exa API.

Powered by the Exa API